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Translingual
Symbol
inc
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Indo-Aryan languages.
English
Adjective
inc
- (chiefly Canada, US) Alternative spelling of Inc
- (Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of incoming.
Noun
inc
- (programming) Abbreviation of increment.
Verb
inc
- (knitting) Abbreviation of increase.
2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55:Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly […]
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English inc, dative form of ġit, from Proto-Germanic *inkwiz, dative form of *jut. Initial /j/ is due to the influence of ȝit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ink/, /unk/, /jink/, /junk/
Pronoun
inc (nominative ȝit)
- Second-person dual accusative pronoun: you twain, the two of you.
- (reflexive) your (two) selves.
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
|
nominative
|
accusative
|
dative
|
genitive
|
possessive
|
singular
|
1st-person
|
I, ich, ik
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me |
min mi1 |
min
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2nd-person
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þou
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þe |
þin þi1 |
þin
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3rd-person
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m
|
he |
him hine2 |
him |
his |
his hisen
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f
|
sche, heo |
hire heo
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hire |
hire hires, hiren
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n
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hit |
hit him2 |
his, hit |
—
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dual3
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1st-person
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wit
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unk
|
unker
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2nd-person
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ȝit
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inc
|
inker
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plural
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1st-person
|
we
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us, ous |
oure |
oure oures, ouren
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2nd-person4
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ye
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yow |
your |
your youres, youren
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3rd-person
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inh.
|
he |
hem he2 |
hem |
here |
here heres, heren
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bor.
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þei
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þem, þeim |
þeir |
þeir þeires, þeiren
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1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
Old English
Pronunciation
Pronoun
inc
- accusative/dative of ġit: you
Descendants
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from English ink.
Noun
inc m or f (genitive singular ince, plural incean)
- ink
Synonyms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “inc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English ink.
Noun
inc m (plural inciau)
- ink
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “inc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies